Yolanda Lopez, 1942-2021, was a San Francisco artist and activist whose early life was in San Diego. She went on to a
long engagement with the Mission District community, co-founding Basta Ya! Newspaper
in conjunction with the Committee to
Defend Los Siete in 1970. Her art has come to be more recognized since
her passing, with a major show in San Diego in late 2021. In this clip
she discusses her parents and grandparents and their trajectories that led to her childhood in San Diego. Her arc continues until she lands in San Francisco in the mid-1960s just in time for the strike at San Francisco State.